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Re: Export of debug_msg() and debug_write() possible?

From: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Export of debug_msg() and debug_write() possible?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:50:04 -0500
Try the current beta

Thomas Raddatz wrote:
> Sorry for having spelled your name wrong. For sure I know that your name is 
> Scott. I do not know why I typed "Scout". It must have been a mistake.
> 
> I agree to your suggestions. Please let me know when the new beta is available.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Thomas.
> 
> 
> Am 30.05.2010 05:51, schrieb Scott Klement:
>> My name is Scott (not Scout.)
>>
>> I think keeping an array is just too complicated.  A reference count
>> would be much easier, but I don't think it's really necessary either.
>>
>> HTTPAPI currently opens the log anytime you write a message to it, so I
>> don't think anything needs to call debug_open().  If WSDL2RPG calls
>> calls debug_msg/debug_write after HTTPAPI has closed it, the file will
>> be reopened and the data will be written to it, so it doesn't really do
>> any harm.   WSDL2RPG will have to call debug_Close(), but debug_close()
>> can be called even when the debug file is already closed, and there will
>> be no error -- so it should work nicely enough.
>>
>> I'm going to rename the routines http_dmsg(), http_dwrite() and
>> http_dclose() since they are the same number of characters as debug_msg,
>> debug_write() and debug_close() which makes it easier to do a find/replace.
>>
>> So...  that's my plan.  I'll release a new beta soon.
>>
>>
>> Thomas Raddatz wrote:
>>> Hi Scout,
>>>
>>> Good question! What about to add a procedure that a client (e.g. WSDL2RPG)
>>> could call to register himself as a participant of the HTTP API logger?
>>>
>>> In other words how about to also add a http_debugOpen() and
>>> http_debugClose() procedure?
>>>
>>> Now HTTP API could delay closing the log output file until the last client
>>> closed the log. Actually HTTP API itself could be treated as a client of
>>> the debug log.
>>>
>>> A simple array with a few elements (e.g. 16) could be used as a handle pool
>>> whereas the array index is the handle and the item value might be the name
>>> of the client application.
>>>
>>> Here is some pseudo code:
>>>
>>>      dim g_handleArray as String[16];
>>>
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of http_debugOpen() procedure interface:
>>>
>>>      Integer http_debugOpen([String clientApp);
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of http_debugOpen():
>>>
>>>      handle = findFreeHandle();
>>>      if (handle = 0) then return -1;
>>>
>>>      if (isParameterAvailable(clientApp)) then {
>>>            allocateHandle(handle: clientApp)
>>>      } else {
>>>            allocateHandle(handle: '*N')
>>>      }
>>>
>>>      return handle;
>>>
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of allocateHandle() procedure interface:
>>>
>>>      void allocateHandle(Integer handle, String clientApp);
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of allocateHandle():
>>>
>>>      g_handleArray[handle] = clientApp;
>>>      return;
>>>
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of http_debugClose() procedure interface:
>>>
>>>      void http_debugClose(Integer handle);
>>>
>>> Pseudo code of http_debugClose():
>>>
>>>      if (not isHandleAllocated(handle)) then
>>>         throw Exception('Invalid handle');
>>>
>>>      freeHandle(handle);
>>>
>>>      if (noMoreAllocatedHandle()) then closeDebugLog();
>>>
>>>      handle = null;
>>>
>>>      return;
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 28.05.2010 19:41, schrieb Scott Klement:
>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>
>>>> I will go ahead and export them (under new names that start with http_),
>>>> however, I do have one question:
>>>>
>>>> How do we handle the timing of the debug_close()?   HTTPAPI will
>>>> automatically close the file when it's done, what happens if WSDL2RPG
>>>> wants to write to it after that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/28/2010 5:38 AM, thomas.raddatz@xxxxxx wrote:
>>>>>       Hi Scott,
>>>>>       What do you think about to export debug_msg() and perhaps
>>>>>       debug_write()?
>>>>>       Today the WSDL2RPG runtime service program opens the HTTP API debug
>>>>>       file in order to add WSDL2RPG replated debug information to the HTTP
>>>>>       API debug log. I add WSDL2RPG debug information to your log file
>>>>>       because I think that it is a good idea to keep the HTTP and the
>>>>>       WSDL2RPG debug information close together when calling a web service.
>>>>>       The problem is that I cannot ensure for 100% that both applications
>>>>>       use the same output file. Also it may happen that WSDL2RPG tries to
>>>>>       write to the log before the file was been created by HTTP API. So for
>>>>>       me it was quite easier if I could directly call your debug log
>>>>>       procedures.
>>>>>       Regards,
>>>>>       Thomas.
>>>>>
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